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Samuel Levin
Samuel Levin was a candidate for at-large representative on the Oconomowoc Area School District school board in Wisconsin. Levin was defeated in the at-large primary election on February 21, 2017.
Levin is a former at-large representative on the Stevens Point Area Public School District Board of Education in Wisconsin. He won election to the board in the general election on April 7, 2015. Levin resigned from the board in November 2016.[1] Levin previously ran for the Stevens Point board and was defeated in 2012, 2013, and 2014.
Biography
Levin previously served as a member of the Portage County Board and the Whiting Village Board.[2]
Elections
2017
Two of seven seats on the Oconomowoc Area School District school board were up for at-large general election on April 4, 2017. A primary election was held on February 21, 2017. The top four vote recipients in the primary election advanced to the general election. Incumbents Mike Bickler and Sandy Schick faced challengers Glenn Cochrane and Dan Raasch in the general election after defeating candidates Samuel Levin and James Wood in the primary. Schick and Raasch won the two seats up for election.[3][4]
Results
| Oconomowoc Area School District, At-Large Primary Election, 3-year terms, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Dan Raasch |
28.40% | 987 |
| Sandy Schick Incumbent |
21.12% | 734 |
| Mike Bickler Incumbent |
17.81% | 619 |
| Glenn Cochrane |
15.77% | 548 |
| James Wood | 11.57% | 402 |
| Samuel Levin | 5.32% | 185 |
| Total Votes | 3,475 | |
| Source: Waukesha County Clerk, "2017 Spring Primary," accessed February 21, 2017These election results are unofficial and will be updated after official vote totals are made available. | ||
2015
Three at-large seats were up for election on April 7, 2015. Incumbents Meg Erler and Angel Faxon sought re-election and faced challengers Samuel Levin and Judy Rannow in the general election. While Erler was successful in her re-election bid, Faxon lost her seat. Levin and Rannow won their first terms on the board.
Results
| Stevens Point Area Public School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Meg Erler Incumbent |
30.9% | 5,276 | |
| Nonpartisan | Judy Rannow |
23.8% | 4,067 | |
| Nonpartisan | Samuel Levin |
22.8% | 3,885 | |
| Nonpartisan | Angel Faxon Incumbent | 22.5% | 3,832 | |
| Total Votes | 17,060 | |||
| Source: Stevens Point Area Public School District, "Election Information: Spring Election, April 17, 2015 Official Results," accessed May 28, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Levin reported no contributions or expenditures to the Stevens Point Area Public School District in this election. He filed as "Exempt from Filing Campaign Finance Records" on his campaign registration statements.[5]
Endorsements
Levin received no official endorsements in this election.
2014
Four at-large board incumbents were up for re-election. Incumbents Christina Scott, Jeff Presley, Robert Larson and Terry Rothmann were all eligible to run for re-election, but Rothmann did not run in the election. While Scott and Larson were seeking regular re-election, Presley was seeking election after being appointed to the board in May 2013 to complete the remainder of John Zellmer's unexpired term. Presley had previously served on the board.[6] The three incumbents were joined by newcomers Alex Kochanowski, Patricia Baker, Terri A. Fink and Samuel L. Levin on the general election ballot. The winners, in order of most votes received, were Kochanowski, Baker, Scott and Presley. The top three winners were elected to full, three-year terms, while fourth place winner Presley was elected to the remainder of the unexpired term he was originally appointed to which expired April 2015.[7]
Results
Note: The top three winners of the 2014 general election were elected to regular, three-year terms. The fourth-place finisher was elected to an unexpired one-year term. This special term was needed to fill a vacancy due to the resignation of John Zellmer.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Alex Kochanowski (3-year) |
21.7% | 3,410 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia Baker (3-year) |
19.4% | 3,048 | |
| Nonpartisan | Christina Scott (3-year) Incumbent |
12.4% | 1,945 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeff Presley (1-year) Incumbent |
11.3% | 1,777 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia Hetzel | 10.1% | 1,585 | |
| Nonpartisan | Terri A. Fink | 9.7% | 1,519 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert Larson Incumbent | 8.5% | 1,329 | |
| Nonpartisan | Samuel Levin | 6.8% | 1,068 | |
| Total Votes | 15,681 | |||
| Source: Stevens Point Area Public School District, "Election Information: Spring Election, April 1, 2014, Official Results," accessed September 23, 2014 | ||||
2013
Note: The top three winners of the 2013 general election were elected to regular, three-year terms. The fourth-place finisher was elected to an unexpired one-year term. This special term was needed to fill a vacancy due to the death of board member Elmer Fournier in 2012.[8]
| Stevens Point Area Public School District, At-Large General Election, 3-year & 1-year terms, 2013 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Lisa Totten (3-year) |
15.6% | 3,851 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kim Shirek (3-year) |
15.5% | 3,829 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeff Ebel (3-year) |
14.3% | 3,526 | |
| Nonpartisan | Terry Rothmann (1-year) |
13.8% | 3,411 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeff Presley | 11.7% | 2,891 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lynda Laszewski-Louis | 11.1% | 2,751 | |
| Nonpartisan | Samuel Levin | 10.4% | 2,567 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dwight Stevens (write-in votes) | 7.7% | 1,908 | |
| Total Votes | 24,734 | |||
| Source: Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Karlyn Krautkramer, Administrative Assistant to the Director of Business Services, Stevens Point Area Public School District," September 26, 2014 | ||||
Campaign themes
2015
Stevens Point Journal
On March 18, 2015, the Stevens Point Journal published the following letter to the editor by Levin in which outlines his reasons for seeking election:
| “ | My name is Samuel Levin, candidate for the Stevens Point School Board. I was the Portage County Board District 17 representative for four years, as well as a member of the Whiting Village Board for more than two years.
I will never walk out on a board meeting or state that I have nothing to say on a subject because it may affect my children. My job is to be there and to represent the community that has elected me. I support: •partnership with local business •community involvement •working with our community college to allow for double credit for juniors and seniors in transferable education courses, allowing them to amass 12 units of college credit prior to graduation We must: •eliminate unnecessary closed sessions and conduct district business in the open to facilitate the transparency our district is currently lacking •show the proper etiquette and ethics of being a productive member of the School Board and the community •regain the trust and support of the community that has elected us to represent them •treat each other with the same dignity and respect that we expect to receive •show the children and young adults of the Stevens Point School District that their hopes and dreams are without limits We need to: •have a School Board that works together for the betterment of all students •make quality education of our children our number one priority •make classroom size a priority •utilize the committee structure that will include all district stakeholders •prepare our children to succeed in the world of technology •allow for fair wages for our employees, and use seniority as the basis for bidding on routes and positions whenever possible •look at all phases of expenditures and make the best choices for education As it states on all of my campaign literature: “I may not have the answer yet, but be assured that I will research the question until I do.” When I do, you will also have that information.[9][10] |
” |
| —Samuel Levin (2015) | ||
See also
- Oconomowoc Area School District, Wisconsin
- Oconomowoc Area School District elections (2017)
- Stevens Point Area Public School District elections (2015)
- Stevens Point Area Public School District elections (2014)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Portage County Gazette, "‘Unforeseen circumstances’ force School Board member resignation," November 16, 2016
- ↑ Stevens Point Journal, "Candidates say they can help fix School Board," February 2, 2015
- ↑ Waukesha County Clerk, "2017 Spring Primary," accessed February 21, 2017
- ↑ Waukesha County Clerk, "2017 Spring Election," accessed April 4, 2017
- ↑ Margaret Koenig, "Email correspondence with Karlyn Krautkramer, Administrative Assistant to the Stevens Point Area Public School District Director of Business Services," August 25, 2015
- ↑ WDEZ, "Stevens Point appoints school board member & officers Monday," May 14, 2013
- ↑ Stevens Point Area Public School District, "Election Information: Spring Election, April 1, 2014, Official Results," accessed September 23, 2014
- ↑ Stevens Point City Times, "School Board to See New Faces," April 4, 2013
- ↑ Stevens Point Journal, "Levin: Why I’m running for Stevens Point School Board," March 18, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| Oconomowoc Area School District elections in 2017 | |
| Waukesha County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 4, 2017 |
| Candidates: | At-large: Incumbent, Mike Bickler • Incumbent, Sandy Schick • Glenn Cochrane • Samuel Levin • Dan Raasch • James Wood |
| Important information: | What was at stake? |
| 2015 Stevens Point Area Public School District Elections | |
| Portage County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 7, 2015 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Meg Erler • Incumbent, Angel Faxon • Samuel Levin • Judy Rannow |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
| 2014 Stevens Point Area Public School District Elections | |
| Portage County, Wisconsin | |
| Election date: | April 1, 2014 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Incumbent, Robert Larson • Incumbent, Jeff Presley • Incumbent, Christina Scott • Alex Kochanowski • Patricia Baker • Terri A. Fink • Patricia Hetzel • Samuel L. Levin |
| Important information: | Key deadlines |
